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  COVID-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests

  COVID-19 could be a powerful risk factor for heart attacks and strokes for as long as three years after an infection, a large new study suggests.

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  4 people in Ontario sickened with listeriosis amid beef tongue recall: ministry

  The Ontario Ministry of Health says four people have been sickened after consuming beef tongue believed to be contaminated with listeria.

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  What women should know about their breasts, according to a doctor

  One in eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States, with 42,000 women dying every year from this cancer.

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  Report suggests decrease in condom use among Canadian youth, lack of safe-sex education

  A new report that looks at the sex lives of Canadian youth suggests more needs to be done to encourage safe sex, including reversing a decrease in condom use.

• Ontario lowers the age for self-referral mammogram breast screening to age 40

  The Ontario government has lowered the age for regular mammogram breast screening to allow all woman between the age of 40 and 49 to self-refer for the service.

• One American physician's long journey to becoming a family doctor in Canada

  An American family doctor is frustrated with what she says has been a challenging two-year-and-counting bureaucratic journey to be accepted into Canada.

• AI can help family doctors buried in paperwork. Why is uptake low?

  AI scribe technology holds the promise of removing some of that burden. However, uptake in Canada has been low due to privacy and cost concerns.

• TikTok sued by 14 U.S. states over alleged harm to children’s mental health

  A bipartisan group of 14 U.S. attorneys general from across the country filed lawsuits on Tuesday against TikTok, alleging that the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health.

• WeightWatchers to offer compounded version of Wegovy weight-loss drug

  WeightWatchers said on Tuesday it would offer a compounded version of Novo Nordisk's popular obesity drug Wegovy as part of its weight-management programs.

• Baby Boomers are living longer than previous generations but have worse health, study finds

  Baby Boomers may be expected to live longer than their predecessors, but a recent study has found that they are more likely to suffer from worse health than previous generations.

• Georgia top court reinstates ban on abortions after six weeks

  Georgia's highest court reinstated a ban on nearly all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy on Monday while it considers the U.S. state's appeal of last week's ruling by a lower court judge blocking the law.

• Sammy Basso, longest living survivor of rare rapid-aging disease progeria, dies at 28

  Sammy Basso, who was the longest living survivor of the rare genetic disease progeria, has died at the age of 28, the Italian Progeria Association said on Sunday.